Statistically speaking, we live in a safer world today than ever before. Over the last few centuries, incidence of homicides has plummeted and although certain war torn areas around the globe suffer, on the whole our century is one of the safest ever (see chart...

Last month, Winston Moseley died at the age of 81. His name is not familiar to most yet his death has brought up coverage of the circumstances of his notoriety. Moseley stalked, raped and killed 28 year old Kitty Genovese on a street in Queens, New York in 1964. He...

More than a martial art, Krav Maga is a reality-based fighting technique whose purpose is to survive and win a violent confrontation. The crux of it is to take rapid control of a situation, with full, brutal aggression and maximum efficiency. The enemy’s hard to...

The Netherlands is closing eight prisons this year due to its declining prisoner population. The trend is not new; prisons have been closing over the last decade. For 150 years, the Het Arresthuis jail in the Netherlands housed criminals. Unused since 2007, it...

This esteemed agency has been compared to the FBI, Scotland Yard and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They are the oldest state law enforcement agency in North America. The Colt Walker single action revolver was named for one of its leaders who developed it with Samuel...